Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (RD)
Udupi, Apr 20: ‘Vishwa Shree Shirdi Sai Baba-Sadguru Sri Nityanand Swami Devotees Sammelan-2012’ will be held at Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir, Thotadamane, Kadavoor, from Friday April 27 to Sunday April 29.
Vedamurti Puttur Srinivas Tantri will lead the religious celebrations from 7.15 am to 12.30 pm on Friday, followed by free food offering for devotees.
‘Avadhoot Bhagwan Nityanand’ cultural show will be presented by Vidhushi Manjula G Rao, Mangalore, at 3 pm on Friday. The religious discourse will begin at 5 pm on Friday.
Swami Vishvawallabateerta of Adamar Mutt will deliver the religious discourse on the occasion. Mangalore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) commissioner Shanady Ajit Kumar Hegde will preside over the programme.
Bangalore NICE Group of Companies chairman Ashok Keni will be the chief guest on the occasion.
Shiva Sai Baba Chikballapur, Sudhakar Gupta Bangalore, Devdas Rai Bangalore, Sri Kshetra Kacchoor honorary president B S Channappa Mulky, Kidiyoor Hotels Private Limited chairman Bhuvanendra Kidiyoor, Dr Asha Jyoti Rai Mangalore, and Ujwal Developers managing director Purushottam Shetty will be the guests of honour. ‘Tulunada Vaibhava’, a documentary on Tulunadu cultural hierarchy produced and directed by Mulky Chandrashekar Suvarna will be screened at 8 pm on Friday. The Sammelan will be held on Saturday April 28.
Retired CJI M N Venkatachalayya will inaugurate the Sammelan at 10.30 am on Saturday.
Swami Satyanand, Ambala, Haryana, will be the chief guest on the occasion. Bangalore Sai Baba Mandir Ramaprasad Guruji, Bangalore Geetashram Suryanarayn Brahmachari, Guru Gangadharendra Swami, Mumbai, Janardhan Swami, Virar, Mumbai, Gopalakrishna Baba, Girinagar, Bangalore, Sunitadevi Sai Ashray, Bhayandar, Mumbai, V Bhaskar Rao, Bangalore, D Gangappa, retired IAS, advisors of Sai Samaj Pamidi Andhra Paradesh, Sanjeev Shetty, Mumbai, CA Nagesh Shetty, Mumbai, Jayashankar Shetty, Mumbai, Ashok Bhandary, Mumbai, Mumbai police officer Prakash Bhandary, Sundar Shetty, Mumbai, Prabhakar Shetty, Mumbai, Dilip Boir, Mumbai, Ramesh Shetty, Mumbai, and Dr Hariprasad Aithal, Kodavoor, will be the guests of honour.
The sharing of miracles witnessed by the devotees of Sai Baba and devotional music will be held at 2 pm on Saturday April 28.
Ambalapady Janardhan Mahakali temple managing trustee Ni Bi Vijay Ballal will preside over the stage programme at 5.30 pm on Saturday. Bangalore-based Century Group of Companies chairman Dr P Dayanand Pai will be the chief guest on the occasion.
Mangalore Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir managing trustee Vishwas Das, Mangalore Shirdi Sai Baba Medicals proprietor Ratindranath, Mangalore Hotel Kumar International managing director Kumar N Bangera, Yashodan Shetty, Dubai, Palayya DCF, and Srinivas Reddy, Bellary, will be the guests of honour.
Manipal University chancellor Dr Ramdas M Pai and pro-chancellor Dr H S Ballal will be felicitated during the programme.
Cultural programme ‘Sai Baba Kawwali’ will be held at 8 pm on Saturday led by K G N Kawwali group from Hyderabad.
‘Shabari’, a group dance, will be staged by Mangalore-based Sanatana Natyalaya, directed by Vidhushi Sharadamani Shekar at 9 pm.
A seminar on Sadguru Nityanand’s saintly life will be held at 10.30 am on Sunday. Jayasrikrishna Parisara Premi Samiti president Jayakrishna Shetty will chair the seminar.
Swami Vijayanand of Belgaum, Geeta Nandini Mata Mangalore, P Dhananjay Shetty Mumbai, Madhav Kumbla, Laxman Kanhangad, Pramanand Kannur, Sasidar Shetty Yermal, Bhaskar Shetty Mumbai, N K Billava Mumbai, Vasu Shetty Bhiwandi, Ravi B Anchan Mumbai, K V Ganeshan Kanhangad, and Kushala Bhandary Mumbai will participate in the seminar.
The devotional music on Swami Nityanand will be held at 2 pm on Sunday. A Yakshagana play will be staged by children’s troupe of Vinayaka Yaksha Kala, Kerekadu, at 4.30 pm on Sunday.
The valedictory ceremony will be held at 5.30 pm on Sunday with blessing by Swami Vishveshateerta of Pejavar Mutt. Ganeshpuri Bhimeshwar Sadguru Samstan president V K Hingoorani will preside over the programme.
Manipal University former chancellor Dr B M Hegde will be the chief guest on the occasion.
Bhaskar Shetty, Anand Gupta Mumbai, Sooru Karkera Mumbai, Raghuram K Shetty Belgaum, Shankar Shetty Mumbai, Navin Shetty Mumbai, Manohar Shetty, Santosh Shetty, Dharmapal Devadiga Mumbai, and Tilakraj Shetty Mangalore will be the guests of honour.
Shirdi Sai Babi devotional music will be held at 8 pm on Sunday led by Vishal Sabraval New Delhi. U K Raghavendra Rao, K Divakar Shetty, B Sudhakar Shetty, Karamballi Shivaram Shetty, and Devdas Suvarna were present at the press meet.